Thanks guys you are all welcome, there is no need to keep you great builders down by keeping secrets we are all in this together!

Spoken like a true Possuem Lodge Member.......
That is the greatness of this site. We are all here to learn, share, and make the hobby better and keep it alive!!
Thanks for the tutorial on fine weathering.

One thing I remember from being aboard the PBRs (during a couple of fleet week 'demonstrations' during the 80s with SBU XI), if you are going to detail her as a "lived-in" boat, was that within moments after the weapons opened up, rear deck footing was treacherous from hundreds of expended rounds of the 'spilled' brass. There were also lots of .50 in the rear of the foredeck well which acted as a catch basin. The brass would roll to the back when the boats went nose high in a hard turn or when she poured it on in hard acceleration as I recall.

I really don’t think the .50 cal is up to the level of your other work; you’d probably be better served quickly sending it to me before others see it. Besides I have the perfect spot on my desk to hide it for you.

All kidding aside it’s actually a shame Frank didn’t work something out with you, in another thread it was mentioned that the ageing molds were part of his decision to close up shop. You clearly make some nice masters to pull fresh and upgraded molds from.

All kidding aside itís actually a shame Frank didnít work something out with you, in another thread it was mentioned that the ageing molds were part of his decision to close up shop. You clearly make some nice masters to pull fresh and upgraded molds from.

I know a lot of small boats had a snow shovel to remove the expended brass (and the occasional burning flare) from the boats as needed. The air force guys like to joke that the AC-130 Spectre crews were 'shovel qualified' as each of their aircraft was issued a large snow shovel to get rid of the amound of brass they went through.

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Watched a show last night about the war in Vietnam , the coverage of PBRs in action was amazing ! No joke those little boats !!! They put out an absolute ton of brass , totally believe that big snow shovels would definitely come in handy !!!

If you should annoy a Spectre and cause them to put ALL the guns online at the same time (it eats a heck of a lot of ammo), it will put one round in each square foot of a football field in 3 seconds! I got a chance to see what was left of a target after an AC-130 engaged a light tank in Grenada. The tank (hit with regular HE ammo (no HEAT equipped on that flight)) was smashed nearly flat and in a two foot crater in the dirt road it had been driving on.
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